Свежие новости и отзывы о Microsoft

Former Cisco executive Padmasree Warrior is resigning from cloud file syncing and sharing service Box’s board of directors, effective on Sunday, January 31, according to a regulatory filing the company posted today. She joined the board in March 2014. The news comes just less than two months after Warrior was elected to Microsoft’s board of […]... →

Apple втайне сформировала большую команду специалистов в области виртуальной и дополненной реальности для создания устройства, которое может стать конкурентом Oculus Rift или Microsoft Hololens. Об этом сообщает Financial Times со ссылкой на источники, знакомые с ситуацией.... →

Microsoft announced its Q2 2016 results yesterday, reporting strong performance for its cloud business and leading to a stock bump in the wake of the news. Its Surface tablet hardware business also performed well. However it’s an entirely different story for the unloved phone-making business — that albatross around Satya Nadella’s neck… Read More... →

Уже сейчас доходы от облаков составляют более 10% годовой выручки компании, а к 2018 году доход от этого сектора превысит $20 млрд.... →

Google AdWords объявил о прекращении поддержки всех версий браузера Internet Explorer, кроме актуальной – IE 11. «Начиная с 7 марта 2016 года, AdWords будет поддерживать только Explorer 11. Если для доступа к сервису вы используете IE 10, мы советуем вам обновить его до последней версии или перейти на другой поддерживаемый браузер», - сообщается в Google+. Изменение призвано обеспечить пользователям сервиса наилучший опыт. Со списком всех поддерживаемых браузеров можно ознакомиться по ссылке. Напомним, ... →

Vulcan, the investment firm of Microsoft cofounder Paul Allen, features a practice area that aims to “reduce our impact on the environment, particularly local watershed and ocean habitats.” So you can imagine it more than a little embarrassing when Allen’s 300-foot yacht, Tatoosh, was accused yesterday of destroying a coral reef in the Cayman Islands that has been in… Read More... →

Microsoft doesn’t share its hardware numbers anymore, but it sure does have a lot of people using its online gaming service. Xbox Live has 48 million monthly active players, according to Microsoft’s report for the second quarter of its fiscal 2016. That is up 30 percent year-over-year. “It was a strong holiday season for Microsoft […]... →

Microsoft today reported earnings for its second financial quarter of 2016 (I know, that’s weird, but Microsoft’s financial year ends in June). The company reported non-GAAP revenue of $25.7 billion for the last quarter and $0.78 of adjusted per-share profit. Wall Street expected Microsoft to deliver an EPS of $0.71 on revenue of $25.26 billion. In the year-ago quarter, the… Read More... →

Microsoft today reported earnings for its second fiscal quarter of 2016, including revenue of $25.69 billion and earnings per share of $0.78. Analysts had expected the company to earn $25.26 billion in revenue and earnings per share of $0.71. Microsoft’s stock was up 1.63 percent in regular trading. In after-hours, however, the company is up […]... →

WASHINGTON/BRUSSELS (By Dustin Volz and Eric Auchard for Reuters) — A U.S. Senate panel approved measures on Thursday that were causing concern in Europe among negotiators hammering out a new trans-Atlantic pact on electronic data transfer, an issue for many companies such as Facebook and Microsoft. In a step toward addressing global concerns about data […]... →

Google quietly announced yesterday on Google+ that they will drop support for all versions of Microsoft Internet Explorer except Internet Explorer 11. Google said, "starting on March 7th, 2016...... →

Обозреватель vc.ru изучил историю азиатской компании Foxconn, которая производит комплектующие для крупнейших мировых игроков рынка высоких технологий и регулярно подвергается критике за тяжелые условия труда на своих заводах.... →

The Internet, or at least the sub-section which closely follows Microsoft activity, is abuzz today with news that the company has registered a domain which could point to the development of the mythical “Surface Phone.” As many publications are reporting, “Microsoft now owns surfacephone.com” (via WMPoweruser). Except it really doesn’t mean anything, and it certainly has […]... →

Microsoft today released a new Windows 10 preview for PCs, the third build of 2016. The release doesn’t include any new features, though it does have a few important fixes. Windows 10 is a service. As we wrote in our deep dive on how Microsoft is still building Windows 10, this means Windows Insiders are […]... →

Microsoft today announced new capabilities of Office Online that show the company being more open to editing files stored in other cloud file storage systems. Now Office Online offers real-time coauthoring — allowing multiple people to work on documents and see each other’s activity at the same time — for documents living inside Box, Dropbox, […]... →

Microsoft has announced that it is expanding its Cloud Storage Partner Program (CSPP) and furthering integration with Box, Dropbox, Egnyte, Citrix and ShareFile. One new feature they are touting is “co-authoring” for Office Online, even if the documents are stored in the partner cloud services. This means that coworkers can collaborate on a document in real-time. Co-authoring is… Read More... →

TechCrunch is pleased to host the live video stream of the Microsoft Ventures London Accelerator demo day. Watch the presentations right here starting at 3:30p GMT. The event is private so this live stream is the only way for the general public to watch the event. Ten companies will take the stage and present their company to a group of investors. Microsoft Ventures launched in 2013 in a bid… Read More... →

Ситуация усугубилась тем, что Джо Бельфиоре также является «лицом» линейки смартфонов Windows Phone... →

AppDirect, the well-funded marketplace for selling cloud services, today announced that it has acquired the Montreal-based tech support company Radialpoint. Based on this acquisition, AppDirect also today announced the launch of a number of premium support options. These include premium support for Microsoft’s Office 365, as well as a cloud and IT helpdesk, and a new consumer… Read More... →

Microsoft today unveiled yet another application aimed at iOS users, with the launch of a news application that greatly resembles Apple’s own News application that comes built into iOS 9. Called “News Pro,” Microsoft’s app aims to offer readers a personalized experience by connecting them to articles that match their current interests, while also uncovering… Read More... →